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Day 1 and 2

2010-01-19T22:32:00.001-08:00

Day 1
*1 hr stationary bike ride (did aerobics while i biked lol swimming arms, circles, punches, etc)
*Core Strength Training:
3 sets of
-leg lifts (l,r)
-twist crunches
-shoulder raises

Day 2
Social Dance Class 1hr
Elliptical 1 hr

Haha, I hope I stay consistent and disciplined past these two days! I want to survive the tri!

Sprint Triathalon

2010-01-17T19:58:00.000-08:00

Really excited because I start my workout 2mrw. gonna see if i can track my workouts. simple logs using my blog to encourage me to mebbie blog a little in addition to the logss!

2mrw should be 5:20a bike station for 30min-1hr and strength training (core) for 15-30min.
Luckily I have a homefry that's makin the early a.m. call with me <3 my friends.

I also plan on integrating P90 work outs to serve as my strength training (plyometrics for sure).

Whhhhooooo

When You Smile on the Inside

2009-02-13T08:39:00.000-08:00

Life is funny when you apply those generic sayings that you hear and somehow always apply: you can't expect someone to love you unless you love yourself first, the pursuit of money and happiness do not always go hand in hand, etc. I love all the cheese and true meaning you can find in these type of things. I posted something similar that talks about why people are in your life and I wanted to share an example that I chose to apply to in my life.

I have a co-worker Juliette who has been an INCREDIBLE challenge for me. She has been rude, disrespectful and insulting throughout her employment. As a Supervisor I have had to deal with the attitude and constant battles. Assuming I'm a generally amicable person, I have been completely frustrated in trying to address and improve the work dynamic between us. It doesn't matter now because I have put in my two weeks and I believe she has too - for different reasons on both our parts not related to our relationship.

Taylor and I met our new neighbor who just moved in last night as her mom helped move her in. Her name is Juliette :) Haha and she is INCREDIBLY friendly. I laugh and smile to think that the reason I had my challenge with Juliette to simply appreciate and adore our new neighbor that much more. Haha and I am completely fine to think that because it's those retrospective moments and thoughts that life is made of.

Reason, Season or a Lifetime

2009-02-13T08:37:00.000-08:00

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime . When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They open your eyes to new things. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, season or a lifetime.

Times a Changing

2009-02-01T09:28:00.001-08:00

So my beloved $5-target-sports-watch broke about a month ago. It lasted me all throughout my crazy summer of book selling and still kept kicking thereafter! It gave me the best of its five years and for that I am thankful. I've given it a month of grievance and am ready to move on. I've been looking at some watches and am torn between these three options:
Least Expensive: Think Sleek
Mid-Range: Wide and All Black
Most Expensive: Serious Business

I'll update once I decide :) Or you can leave me your opinion in the meantime!

It Doesn't Get Old

2009-02-01T09:19:00.001-08:00

This is dedicated to my cat loving friends.

This is dedicated to my puppy lovers.

Baby Overload dot Com

2009-02-01T08:15:00.000-08:00

My auntie Jean likes to send me forwards like no other. Even though I'm generally not a fan of forwards, I did enjoy this one. It was titled as "Don't Take Life Too Seriously" but it's really just a compilation of cute baby pics. Here goes a few of my favorites:

Blowfish Baby

I <3 dressed up kids

So young and already french kissing

I don't know who I love more: the statue kid in mom's heels or the baby dancing with a statue ^_^

A Parking Lot for Dogs is a ....

2009-01-29T22:06:00.000-08:00

I regularly take our little puppers to the dog park where he AND I meet with friends and enjoy life for the day that is :) I love our dog park days!

Our favorite time of the day is to go in the afternoon and meet with an intimate group of regulars. I fit Boo in my bike basket - harnessed and secured to the basket itself. We have to coast down this long hill and tackle our way up another one before we get but five minutes to the park. Ah, I looove the burn and cool breeze.

I'll have to post pictures when I finally remember to bring my camera. I can't promise any sweet in-biking-action-shots, but it'd be a lot kewler if I did... hehe.
In the meantime, here's one of my fav pics of my puppers.

Black Tea

2009-01-28T08:11:00.000-08:00

I have grown to love our morning routine to have a cup of black tea with a splash of milk and a scoop of sugar for Taylor :) I fell in love with tea when we visited his Grandma last summer - she would offer "a cup of tea" five times a day!

She visited this past Christmas and introduced our taste buds to what she considers better-tea-than-PG Tips - Yorkshire Tea.

I don't know if it's available here in the states but it gets our endorsement to try the tea if you ever see it on your grocery shelf. Once we run out of our stash, we may have to settle for the $8 pack of PG Tips sold at the English store ::sigh::

Thoughtful

2009-01-27T13:46:00.000-08:00

One of my ultimate goals in life is to live every moment in thoughtfulness.
Reading one of my great friend's blog made think of my goal and compelled to blog :)

All her blogs are always so thoughtful! It beats reading surveys with silly and seldom insightful questions and answers. I choose blog over surveys! Thanks Beebs.

I like to take her blog entries as shells. I like to relate and appreciate life through the scope of a teacher-to-be and recently married friend. It's filled with the cutest kid moments and gooobery stuff when she's adventuring with her hubby. Always a heart-warming-giggling-smiling time.

Boo Bear

2008-03-15T17:41:00.000-07:00

I'd like to invite you to see pics of my monkey on my myspace!

Tay took a nap today so I finally decided to update with pics :)

MIDDLE NAME GAME

2008-03-15T09:56:00.000-07:00

Thanks Beebs :) I always steal these from you!

MIDDLE NAME GAME
Here is what you do. Use the 1st letter of your middle name to answer each of the following... They have to be real places, names, things... nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1.Middle name?
Gonzales (Yep, it's an Asian mom traditional thing.)

2. Famous artist/band/musician?
G...G..G...G... G-Unit! (not a reflection of what I like)

3. 4-letter word:
Gift

4. U.S state:
Georgia

5. Boys name:
George (keke... first thing that came to mind b/c of #4)

6. Girl name:
Glenda (aunt, don't hate)

7. Animal:
Goose (got chased by one when taking pics for tennis)

8. Something in the kitchen:
George Foreman Grill (mine's a mini)

9. Reason for being late?
Got stuck in traffic (story of my life)

10. Body Part?
Gluteus Maximus (had to)

11. Drink?
Gatorade (yuck)

12. Something you shout?
Good luck!

13. Something you eat?
Grilled everything =)

Fancy

2007-11-03T10:17:00.001-07:00

Thanks for teaching me how to get fancy with my links Bb!
^_^ This is revolutionary for my blogging! LOL

Here's here directions for anyone else not blogging savvy:
type text
highlight text
click on icon with the globe and the chain link above it
type/paste link

make sure when you type in the web address it has the http:// in front. i think it'll remind you when the window pops up. :)

Pommies!

2007-11-02T20:32:00.000-07:00

This is kind of like the one i fell in love with at Madrid <3

Bb knows this one ;) He's got a colgate smile ^_^

FIRST Thing After Marriage

2007-10-30T18:52:00.000-07:00

Quick smiley story to let my mind breathe from work.

Tay had a work lunch with one of his manager's the other day and the conversation went something like this...

Mgr: So how long have you and your gf been together?
Tay: About 2.5 yrs
Mgr: Oh. You guys going to get married?
Tay: Yeah. Then we're gonna get a pommie :)

Gee golly. Sure do love my bf.

What's My Name Bitch?!

2007-10-28T08:53:00.001-07:00

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)
Dolly Mazda O_o

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Banilla Oatmeal (Now THAT is GANGSTUH)

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
J-Bam (flinstones?)

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Red Pommie

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
gonzales Dagupan (Clearly, I am a mail order bride in Soap Operas)

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
BamJo (Apparently I'm the new age instrument in star wars? Banjo vs. Bamjo... FIGHT!)

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, first tool that comes to mind, put “The” at the beginning)
The BLUE Static bracelet (i live with a comp geek who's currently fixin his pc -_-)

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Eduardo Chris

9. STRIPPER NAME : (favorite candy, the name of your favorite perfume/cologne)
Twix Happy (I turn tricks and twix!)

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle name)
Zareno Balbuena (Yep. Just gotta blend in with the community and be "normal" ^_~ as ZARENO Balbuena!)

Madrid

2007-10-27T17:57:00.000-07:00

Per request of a certain blogger, I am going to resume my Europe trip blogging! So our first stop was in Madrid for a night. Mind you, we had 3 weeks to make this Euro travel happen, so we were at any given city for 3 days AT BEST.

We had a surprisingly WONDERFUL flight on Comet with little desserts, peanuts, and Spanish beer :) We didn't request it, but Taylor saved it for later :) We landed in Madrid Friday mid afternoon and made our way to our Hostel. After settling in and all that jazz, we walked around and scoped out the area. On our way back to the hostel, we stopped by a Starbucks and had a refreshingly delicious mango tea something or other -- it was pretty warm out.

Traveling, you meet a ton of fellow traveling spirited people from everywhere. In Madrid, we met a nice Canadian named Rowan. Apparently, his parents were hippies and decided to name their kid after the trees in their backyard :) True story. We went out for tapas (spanish appetizers) and delicious beer. Already being jolly, we met some MORE people and headed over to a cathedral converted club called, JOY. Being in Madrid, our early arrival at 11:30 was welcome with a discount and the most alcoholic free beverage I've ever recieved! Dancing, drinking, friendships, and we made it back to our hostel safely :)

Unfortunately, Tay and I are teh SUCK at taking pictures, so we have NONE of Madrid OR Rowan. We exchanged email addresses but have currently misplaced our journal :) I can always update and edit at a later time if we ever touch base and get pictures from him.

The next day was spent recovering (Tay was HORRRRRIBLY sick and hungover). We decided to go to one of the most AMAZING parks and pretty much lay down reading and taking in the scene of all the local people. The park here was very much like our Cali beach scene. People laying out on beach towels, bathing suits or bikinis, reading and just hangin out :) It was so peaceful and serene. Certainly, it was the best thing to do given Tay's sick state.

We got ice cream on our way to catch our train, which was ultimately a poor decision, but DELICIOUS ice cream none the less. After all was said and done, we missed our train and ended up having a stressful run around to make it to our next destination -- Barcelona. Lesson learned: Give ample time to make it to the train station, or you'll get pwned like a no0b for more monies and possibly a deposit at your next hostel.

Sorry no pics this time round. Barcelona to come :) We have LOOOOOADS of pics there as it was our favorite and we spent so much time there.

Secrets

2007-10-27T12:06:00.000-07:00

bb's blog. Tag: I'm it.

1. i used to play with Jesus as an imaginary friend. "Make sure you leave room for Jesus to swing with us."
2. i'm sad when i see a cute pommie. i want one :(
3. i tried to break up with my 1st bf ever after the first day of dating.
4. i've kept ferni's "Mr. Big" candy bar gift in my lock box of special items for approximately 5 years now.
5. i don't think there's ever ever an excuse to ignore a close friend.
6. i love to eat at Niko Niko and share with a bento special with tay. we always get salmon, california rolls, and a variable something or other :)
7. almost every day for the past year, i've consciously been thankful for having found the love of my life.
8. i'm dying to go to thailand and southeast asia.
9. i wish i could grow a rose garden and make my own rosary beads out of the rose petals.

I'm not pro like bb, so iono how to do the linking thing.
I tag Robin and Jello!

Time to Shit my Quitty Job

2007-10-27T10:14:00.002-07:00

LOL. Don't you love when you transpose numbers or letters or words in sentences to create new words in the english language?! I do it all the time, I think partly because I'm slightly dyslexic.

Share with me sentences or words you've combined and created!! :D

Mama's Berfday

2007-10-21T08:46:00.001-07:00

Mama = Sameejo, best friend from college, harem of one :) Why we call each other Mama? We're weird.

Her birth day is October 19, 1984 and she came down to celebrate with MEEEEEEEEEE. After a bit of research, Mama decided that Saddle Ranch Chop House was our place to go. Restaurant turned bar at night, we would have only a taxi ride, and one place to stay at (what sold her was the option to roast your own smores over a fire pit for dessert) Here are a few of my fav pics.

(Left to right) Zeke, Chris, Allie, Andrew, Zach, Sameejo, Me, My Baby. We all had just got to the chophouse and they gave us a free shot to start the night!

Some kissy face ensued soon after the start of our evening!

The drinks were humongous and food was great :) There was a mechanical bull that all our fellas rode on! Unfortunately, no pics of the bull riding :( All in all, we took 213 pics total O_O Here goes some of my favs......

Mama and her first drink! Adios Mother-F*ckah :)

The left side of the Crew: Me, Christopher, Zach, Allie, and Andrew
The right side of the crew: Zeke, Jeff, and Tay

Jeff didn't order food. He ate my hair instead :(
My homefries:
We don't know her, but she took our group pic. We heart you Amy Krupiva!
Last pic. Me and my Breasticle

We all had a great time, aside from the place losing Taylor's bull riding pic. We taxi'd home and did a bit of magic mic karaoke-ing :)

Babies

2007-10-16T23:56:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to introduce my babies to you all as they are very near and dear to me :)

Names:

JoMar (right). A bit of algebra now -------> danJO + MARites = JOMAR
My aunt (mom's sis) is MARites, which is prounounced Muh-ree-tes. Her husband is DanJO, which is just really an awkward combination. Put them together and you get JOMAR.
Franchesca (left). Her nickname is Caca because Jomar couldn't say her whole name. It's the best nickname ever :) Cacacacacacaca!

About:

JoMar is turning 3 this November. Since both fams live in the same house (extended family living is very common among filipino families), his best friend is Caca and he looks over her like a brother. Unfortunately, he gets placed in front of the t.v. all too often, and as a result, is very much a media baby -- not the best way to develop a baby. However, it makes for some great laughs and good times as follows:

He'll dance his lil toosh away to mostly any kind of music.
He'll sing along with lots of the filipino t.v. jingles and songs.
He'll imitate the "ahhhh" sound of refreshment after drinking water

Caca is turning 2 this November. As the typical development of children, she looks up to JoMar and follows everything in his suit. She's super shy at first, but when she gains her level of comfort and security she's a BLAST. She's super giddy, itty bitty, and full of smiles and laughter.

Combo my two babies and you get hours of good times :) Here's just a couple more photo ops.
You can see both their faces in this one :) They were antsy in the pantsy to go play some more.

So cute. She cried when I left :(

Drama fo Yo Momma

2007-10-16T22:43:00.000-07:00

Airport Location: LAX
Departure Time: 10:30pm
Land in Boston for Layover @ 6:37am
Connection Flight to London @ 8:00am
**Airline: American Airlines

Given the travel itenerary, Tay and I decided to get ALLLLLLLL caffeinated up on Starbucks and so we could stay awake on the first leg of the trip to Boston, crash on the second leg, and be ready to be up and running for when we land..... of course our plan would've worked out... IN A PERFECT WORLD. So the drama fo yo Momma ensued.....................

We stayed awake for the most part, and Tay only slept for mebbie a couple hours at the end :) I spent the time endulged gluttonously watching Shrek 3 and random tv series. What else is there to do when you're on a plane? =P We land in Boston around 6:30am and hear about an "EXTENSIVE FLIGHT DELAY" saying that we need to report to checkstand 39 as the flight has been rescheduled to 8:00pm. Wow. After some run around and the worst customer service ever, Taylor and I decide to make the best of the situation and venture into town. Line of the day was from some man we had asked for help. After asking if he know how we could get into town, he retorted, "Waddu I loowk like -- a toowrist boof?" He said it just like that. Taylor and I were left with this expression -----> O_O

As a matter of fact, I would probably summarize our experience during this layover with two things: O_O of the people we ran into and <^>O_o<^> for American Airlines (never again). Too much coffee, rude people, hunger pains, fatigue, and Taylor with shorts in the rain is what you get in the pictures that follow:

This is me sporting my newly purchased travel pillow! It is deflatable with a patent design that plugs up as soon as its filled and a wonderful soft casing ^_^

This is my baby after not sleeping much :) Don't let the semi-smile fool you ... he was a grumpy-bum most of the time since we hadn't slept much... AND he didn't have a sweet new travel pillow like me ;)

We went into Boston Square and made our way over to HARVARD. OoOO La la :) I thought of Mr. Kephart, of course, and we took one final pic at the entrance before giving up on visiting the town. Take note of Taylor's lovely red blanky he jacked from the airline, and my stylish new travel pillow that I've inflated and am proudly sporting ^_^

Things didn't go as planned and things actually just got more complicated after that! LOL. I think though, there's no better way to start a big trip than with an epic beginning :) Looking back, it's more fun to have a horror story to share, than to have walked away with nothing more than caffeine angst and t.v. blazened eyes. Besides, look at that sweet red skirt and hipster travel pillow ;) Good times. Good laughs.

** <^>O_o<^> American Airlines**

European Wave

2007-10-16T20:39:00.000-07:00

I've decided that I will help kick off my blog with a series of stories from my Europe trip I had over summer :) This way, it'll be a quasi journal and helpful way to remember details when I finally come round to completing that scrapbook :) The itenerary to come will be: London, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Munich, Venice, Rome, and Ascot. Since Tay and I are teh suck at taking pictures, we only have a few pictures of select cities and others where there are NONE :( None the less, I'm excited to blog! :D

Work Work Work

2007-10-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

So what have I been up to? I've been up to work, work, work, work. So funny that I use to work crazy hours all through college and have crazy long days, and sleep about 4-6hrs a night. I think the difference is, there's so little in my day that I enjoy. The crazy college scheduled consisted of different jobs, cool people, active work, work-out break, healthy eating, interesting classes (sometimes). Now, my days at work have consisted of bitch work, high stress deadlines, long work hours, over-eating-boredom disorder, no working out, and people I generally DO NOT enjoy working with -_-''.... There's financial stability... and then there's happiness. I'm still trying to find the happy balance that would be a realistic route to take. I'm all for working hard, but only when it's rewarding. I have a friend that studies like CRAZY... like he had two full time jobs... of studying O_O and being a med-student. Stressful? Yes. Crazy? Absolutely. Rewarding? He wins.

It's always so cheesy when people say pursue your passion, but it really is a good rule of thumb. Any of my friends who I see pursuing what they love are far happier than I O_O ::Applause and Admiration:: for all those who are doing what they want: Jello, Bea, Robin, Jeff, Samee, Wife #1... I'm sure there's more. All of you keep my spirits up and smiling to know that you're happy doing what you love ^_^

On a positive note though, outside of my stress and tif with work, I am an extremely blessed person :) I have an amazing boyfriend who I get to share my life with, and he makes what's left of my day worth while for me to keep going :) Even if all we do is cook dinner and clean, he's that effin cool ;) He makes even the menial tasks in life FANTASTIC.

Inspired by Robin

2007-10-14T05:23:00.000-07:00

So this will be another attempt to do the blogging thing. I have a Xanga account that I never use, except to read Bb's, Jello's and Mark's blogs. I think Robin inspired me to open up this blogging site though because it seems like a more user friendly interface and set up :) We'll have to see if this keeps up.

Blogging is such a craze nowadays - blogging around tv shows, bloggers for celebs, and of course personal blogs. Gee golly. I like it though becuase it's a way to be in on the details and general events of those close friends who are all too far away. It's nice to play surface catch up with friends you care about, but I feel like a closer friend when I can somehow be included in the daily details too :)

Best thing about blogs, in my opinion, are being able to hear that person in your head as you read their stories! Sounds crazy, but when you know someone so well, and you can hear the tone of their voice, stressed cry for help, slight sarcasm, or giddy excitedness, it makes a girl smile :) I miss all my friends dearly -- especially Robin, my beloved wife, who is really allllll tooo far away. Most of my close friends I can at least entertain the thought of feasibly buying a plane ticket, driving up, driving down to visit. Robin?... no... she's in the BFE (butt-F*ck-of-Egypt) of JAPAN! Friggin Robin. One day though... I gotta make it happen so I can join Robin in her dirty clubbing and japanese-man pimping ;) For those of you who do NOT have Robin's new blog site, here it is: http://evawing.blogspot.com/
Go catch up on her life and read how much she's opened up and how much she is still the same great Robin :) By the way, you'll see that yes.... I have the same exact format as Robin O_O It's the only one that I liked too!

Robin, if you don't want me putting it on blast, lemme know and I'll remove it from the blog :D